Daina

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Daina Taimiņa

American mathematician of Latvian origin (born 1954)

Choose Daina and your child shares a first name with Daina Taimiņa, an American mathematician of Latvian origin. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Daina, like who?” Daina Taimiņa's Wikipedia article is available in 36 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 161,290 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Daina, 10 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Daina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryDaina first shows up in US birth records in 1924, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 101 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1964, when it ranked #1,172. Today it's #9,457, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowDaina was 2.0× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 78,740 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 161,290.
• 💬MeaningIn Latvian, Daina means “folk song”. Our records link it to English and Latvian roots.
• 🌍OriginDaina is the #4 most popular Latvian girl name in the US. That's out of 15 Latvian girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Daina

Daina is a girl name of English and Latvian origin meaning “folk song”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with D and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Daina for girls from 1924 to 2025, in 83 of those 102 years. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked #1,172 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #9,457, with 10 babies.

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